Don't let them dry and scab up. Keep moist and they will heal much better.

For road rash my preferred treatment is antibiotic ointment (bought in the US, you can't buy it in Oz) applied to an adhesive dressing pad like OpSite Post Op then placed over the wound. Leave in place for a couple of days before changing (it gets pretty disgusting from the wound exudate, but it's supposed to). I guess you could use Savlon in place of the antibiotic ointment.

You can get OpSite in different sizes and there are equivalent versions of other brands available. If you have a long scrape, then overlap the dressings to make sufficient length - just make sure you cut the adhesive off the edge that will be in contact with the wound. You don't want adhesive over your wound coz you will disrupt the healing tissue every time you take it off to change the dressing.

Fixumol is the !! BAN ME NOW FOR SWEARING !!.Dressing you put over the whole area, it covers the road rash but keeps it clean and lets it breath. i keep mine on for three or four days before removing. Hurts like the proverbial when you pull it off unshaved legs but it's good stuff.

+1 for the fixomull, aka hypafix.you can leave it on for up to a week in some cases. Don't need to cover for a shower, just pat dry afterwards.soaking with vegetable or baby oil for a few hours will help get it off.

Fixomull Stretch covering a non-adhesive patch and the cream that was used on it was Flamazine, a prescription only topical anti-bacterial cream applied with a sterile spatula. The dressings were changed daily at the time of cleaning the wounds. They didn't look too nice.

Oh, and some Betadine on it too at first. That hurt! It took a while for my last ones to mend, but they are okay now. A little bit of visible scaring left over, but not much.

After have a nice lovely fall and going from 60kph down a hill to a 90 degree bend I have had some lovely Road Rash.

Fiximoll (or how every you spell it), buy it in a roll, make sure your shaven and apply. I was prescribed some silver cream from the doc's too. Applied cream and stuck on.

Didn't place a pad or anything over the RR, manily due to it staying mosist it doesn't stick to the scab.... big thing is DO NOT PULL IT OFF EARLY. I left mine for upto a week on there. There was a couple of times I was wondering due to it healing wet and infection but it was all good.

Fixomull, just like metape. I'm using metape at the moment on my hip/elbow/knee after a painful crash the other day. I've used it once before. Cleaned wound, stick it on. Leave it there for a week or so, depending on the extent of the RR, showering and all, and gently peel off when healed.